Summary Of Lifting The Veil By Rabindranath Tagore

Lifting the veil: society’s self-perception in Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories. Chapter- I (Introduction: Exploring new possibilities )----- â€Å"This world appears to us as an individual, and not merely as a bundle of invisible forces. For this, as everybody knows, it is greatly indebted to our senses and our mind. This apparent world is man`s world. It has taken its special features of shape, colour and movement from the peculiar range and qualities of our perception. It is what our sense limits have specially acquired and built for us and walled up†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦This world, which takes its form in the mould of man`s perception, still remains only as the partial world of his senses and mind. It is like a guest and not like a kinsman. It becomes†¦show more content†¦Thus, characters, voices or attributes in a literary work are interpreted as the full and final pictures of the society. ‘Self’ is a reference by an individual to the same indivi dual person. It describes essential qualities that constitute a person s uniqueness or essential being. It can be considered the basic nature of a person which endures that ‘being’ which is the source of consciousness for an individual s thoughts and actions, and unifies ‘consciousness’ over time. It plays an integral part in human motivation, cognition, affect, and social identity and constantly evolves due to the complexities of cultures and societies. It is dependent on the culture that the ‘self’ has been situated in.â€Å"It can be redefined as a dynamic, responsive process that structures neural pathways according to past and present environments including material, social, and spiritual aspects† (Mead’s ‘Self, Culture, Society Class’, 2015). P- It is shaped by our social interactions and our physical environments. An individual s social interactions occur when they’re in a specific society or culture. If these individuals grow up in a certain culture,